BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (May 20, 2017) – North Carolina FC clinched a vital result on the road with a 2-1 come-from-behind victory at Puerto Rico FC on Saturday night at Estadio Juan Ramon Loubriel. After NCFC trailed most of the match, Billy Schuler scored the game winner off an assist from Matt Fondy in stoppage time to clinch all three points. Fondy scored NCFC’s first goal of the night off an assist from Lance Laing in the 73rd minute.
The three points move NCFC to second in the NASL table with 14 points. The team has only dropped one result in its last seven matches.
Puerto Rico opened the match with momentum and struck first with a goal in the 27th minute. Rudy Dawson won a contested header off a corner from Jordi Quintilla, which fell into the net to give the hosts a 1-0 lead early in the match.
Brian Sylvestre was called into action and came up with a pair of big saves late in the opening half to deny the dangerous PRFC attacking unit from extending its lead. NCFC entered halftime trailing for only the second time this season.
In the second half, PRFC’s attackers continued to cause problems. However, the hosts couldn’t add to their lead and NCFC began to get forward and create chances.
NCFC capitalized in the 73rd minute to level the score. Fondy scored his third goal of the NASL season with a header off Laing’s corner kick.
As the match wore into its final stages, the visitors pushed numbers forward in search of a match winner. The tally came in the first minute of stoppage time. Fondy sent a looping ball over the PRFC defense and found the foot of Schuler, whose volley flew past the keeper and into the back of the net.
Up Next:
NCFC will be back in action next weekend, as it travels to Jacksonville to face the Armada on Saturday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. NCFC returns home on Wednesday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m. for an Open Cup match against the Charlotte Independence.
Notes:
- NCFC has only lost once in its last seven matches and has scored 11 goals in eight days and three matches.
- NCFC scored twice, bringing the club to 13 goals this NASL season, which is ranked second in the league.
- Billy Schuler scored for the fourth time this season and the third time this week across all competitions with the game-winning goal in stoppage time.
- Matt Fondy scored his third NASL goal of the season from Lance Laing’s assist.
- Fondy recorded his first assist of the NASL season and third between all competitions and Laing added his third NASL assist of the season.
Box Score
Lineups:
PRFC: Austin Pack; Cristiano Dias, Kyle Culbertson, Rudy Dawson (Phanuel Kavita, 67’), Ramon Soria; Jordi Quintilla, Walter Ramirez (Jairo Puerto, 61’), Michael Kafari; Conor Doyle, Giuseppe Gentile, Emery Welshman (Hector Ramos, 75’)
Subs not used: Trevor Spangenberg, Michael Ramos Jorge Rivera, Sidney Rivera,
NCFC: Brian Sylvestre; Kareem Moses (Marcel Kandziora, 60’) (Bolu Akinyode, 85’) , Connor Tobin, Christian Ibeagha, Steven Miller; Lance Laing, James Marcelin, Austin da Luz, Saeed Robinson (Billy Schuler, 70’); Nazmi Albadawi ©; Matt Fondy
Subs not used: Mack Robinson, Tiyi Shipalane, Jonathon Orlando, Brian Shriver,
Score:
PRFC: 1
NCFC: 2
Goals:
PRFC: Rudy Dawson (Jordi Quintilla, 27’)
NCFC: Matt Fondy (Lance Laing, 73’), Billy Schuler (Matt Fondy 90+1)
Cautions:
PRFC: Ramon Soria 55’,
NCFC: Kareem Moses 51’, Steven Miller 89’
Ejections:
PRFC: —
NCFC: —
BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (May 20, 2017) – North Carolina FC clinched a vital result on the road with a 2-1 come-from-behind victory at Puerto Rico FC on Saturday night at Estadio Juan Ramon Loubriel. After NCFC trailed most of the match, Billy Schuler scored the game winner off an assist from Matt Fondy in stoppage time to clinch all three points. Fondy scored NCFC’s first goal of the night off an assist from Lance Laing in the 73rd minute.
The three points move NCFC to second in the NASL table with 14 points. The team has only dropped one result in its last seven matches.
Puerto Rico opened the match with momentum and struck first with a goal in the 27th minute. Rudy Dawson won a contested header off a corner from Jordi Quintilla, which fell into the net to give the hosts a 1-0 lead early in the match.
Brian Sylvestre was called into action and came up with a pair of big saves late in the opening half to deny the dangerous PRFC attacking unit from extending its lead. NCFC entered halftime trailing for only the second time this season.
In the second half, PRFC’s attackers continued to cause problems. However, the hosts couldn’t add to their lead and NCFC began to get forward and create chances.
NCFC capitalized in the 73rd minute to level the score. Fondy scored his third goal of the NASL season with a header off Laing’s corner kick.
As the match wore into its final stages, the visitors pushed numbers forward in search of a match winner. The tally came in the first minute of stoppage time. Fondy sent a looping ball over the PRFC defense and found the foot of Schuler, whose volley flew past the keeper and into the back of the net.
Up Next:
NCFC will be back in action next weekend, as it travels to Jacksonville to face the Armada on Saturday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. NCFC returns home on Wednesday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m. for an Open Cup match against the Charlotte Independence.
Notes:
- NCFC has only lost once in its last seven matches and has scored 11 goals in eight days and three matches.
- NCFC scored twice, bringing the club to 13 goals this NASL season, which is ranked second in the league.
- Billy Schuler scored for the fourth time this season and the third time this week across all competitions with the game-winning goal in stoppage time.
- Matt Fondy scored his third NASL goal of the season from Lance Laing’s assist.
- Fondy recorded his first assist of the NASL season and third between all competitions and Laing added his third NASL assist of the season.
Box Score
Lineups:
PRFC: Austin Pack; Cristiano Dias, Kyle Culbertson, Rudy Dawson (Phanuel Kavita, 67’), Ramon Soria; Jordi Quintilla, Walter Ramirez (Jairo Puerto, 61’), Michael Kafari; Conor Doyle, Giuseppe Gentile, Emery Welshman (Hector Ramos, 75’)
Subs not used: Trevor Spangenberg, Michael Ramos Jorge Rivera, Sidney Rivera,
NCFC: Brian Sylvestre; Kareem Moses (Marcel Kandziora, 60’) (Bolu Akinyode, 85’) , Connor Tobin, Christian Ibeagha, Steven Miller; Lance Laing, James Marcelin, Austin da Luz, Saeed Robinson (Billy Schuler, 70’); Nazmi Albadawi ©; Matt Fondy
Subs not used: Mack Robinson, Tiyi Shipalane, Jonathon Orlando, Brian Shriver,
Score:
PRFC: 1
NCFC: 2
Goals:
PRFC: Rudy Dawson (Jordi Quintilla, 27’)
NCFC: Matt Fondy (Lance Laing, 73’), Billy Schuler (Matt Fondy 90+1)
Cautions:
PRFC: Ramon Soria 55’,
NCFC: Kareem Moses 51’, Steven Miller 89’
Ejections:
PRFC: —
NCFC: —
